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Re: What team did this?

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Originally Posted by RogerR
... i believe that the 2004 'bot was a flip down 'bot, but i can't find any pictures of it...
I also recall that the 276 "Mad Cow" was a flip-down 'bot in 2004. Their goal that year seemed to be to dominate the bar by intimidation. The 'bot was a large pull-up machine made almost entirely of diamond plate. Attempts to block the robot's path were mostly ineffective, and when they got up on the bar there was little room left for anyone else.

276 came to St. Louis that year, and I happened to get the honor of escorting Dean Kamen around the pits and back to field side on Saturday morning. 276 was on the field just then, and Dean paused for several minutes to observe their 'walking' mechanism in action up close. If I can find the picture some snapped of him, hunkered down low on his Segway to get a low-angle view of the Mad Cow walking, I'll post it here.

/edit/ I also recall that 276 received a US Patent for some aspects of their walking robot design. /edit/
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